stupid flour question?

[LionessMom]

why does my flour always get bugs in it? what are the bugs? am i doomed to never have a big bag of flour in my kitchen? cause seriously, if i dont have it in a sealed container, these stupid little bugs get in there. and it doesnt take long either. like within a week and my bag of flour is ruined. yes i could get a container for it (i will eventually). but for now, can someone tell me what they are?

[tessie]

Flour weevils/beetles. You need to chuck everything flour or cereal based and thoroughly disinfect the cupboards.

[crunchy_mama]

It is my understanding that often the eggs of the bugs are in there when you buy it. If buying a lot of grain often I would freeze it for a while and then take it out to kill the eggs. However, you can also have an infestation and that is hard to eliminate.

[LionessMom]

i dont ever see them in anything else. they dont get into my malt o meal, or oatmeal. they dont appear when i put it in plastic bags either. i have bombed my house and still i get them. they are tiny like fruit flies. like fleas. once they got into my pancake mix.

so flour weevils sound right. i did google it. i am going to get rid of all my flour and cereal products until i can get some plastic storage things for them.